Networks continue to ignore NY Times' military analyst story, but all find time for Hannah Montana

[maddezmom]

Summary: Since The New York Times reported on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon on April 20, ABC, CBS, and NBC have still not mentioned the report. By contrast, during their April 28 evening news broadcasts, all three networks reported on the Vanity Fair photo of Miley Cyrus.


Since The New York Times reported on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon on April 20, the three major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, and NBC -- have still not mentioned the report at all, according to a Media Matters for America search* of the Nexis news database. Times reporter David Barstow wrote that "the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform" these military analysts, many of whom have clients with an interest in obtaining Pentagon contracts, "into a kind of media Trojan horse -- an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks." As Media Matters noted, the three networks also reportedly declined to participate in a segment on the April 24 edition of PBS' NewsHour regarding the Times story; Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC also refused to appear in the PBS segment.

By contrast, during their April 28 evening newscasts, all three broadcast networks reported on the Vanity Fair photo of Miley Cyrus, star of Disney Channel's Hannah Montana: ABC devoted about two and a half minutes to that story, while CBS and NBC each devoted about two minutes to it.

more:http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290005?f=h_latest

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. Same with every cable news show too...n/t

[MISSDem]

2. They do this all of the time. I think it is because they know that

most people don't want to read the serious stuff. Sometimes at work I am trying to have a conversation with this woman I work with about world affairs and she will suddenly say something like "I am so glad that Beyonce got married. I am so happy for her." I have to just excuse myself and walk away. People are shallow.

[Doctor_J]

3. That's because they all work for the White House

and will be casualties when we take our country back.

[Joanne98]

4. How low can they go.